Monday's Musings - 8 Months!

It's hard to believe that the babe turned 8 months old last week. It's so much fun watching him grow and figure things out. But at the same time, I wish time would slow down just a little because it's going by too fast. Even though I don't have to return to work until September, I can already feel it looming over me.

Edison is a very happy baby.... and a very active one. He's not really one for sitting still. He's always on the move, wanting to play, and still putting everything possible into his mouth. 

He loves to talk and can get very loud at times. He's a little bit shy when we're out somewhere new or around someone he doesn't really know. But it seems that once he's comfortable, the talking begins. You can click here if you haven't seen the video of him chatting away. 

I thought that by now I'd be able to report that he has started crawling....but alas, it hasn't quite happened yet. He is getting very good at pulling himself along the floor....and can go a fair distance like that. He's been going up onto his hands and knees more and more this past week and has even taken a couple of crawling strides on his knees, but he quickly falls back onto his tummy. He's also been going up on this hands and feet, with his bum up in the air....kinda like the downward dog yoga pose. It's really funny....I've yet to get a picture of him doing that, unfortunately. So I know that the actual crawling is just around the corner, and I'll bet that by the 9 month posting, he'll be crawling.

Edison still loves to stand. He spends a lot of time standing and holding onto things and will even take walking steps when you hold his hands. He still prefers standing and holding on to things, instead of being down on the floor. His balance is really good and frequently holds onto things with just one hand so that he can use his other hand to get a toy into his mouth.

He still hasn't shown any signs of teeth coming in yet. It's funny because we originally though he would teethe early...due to how hard he was chewing on anything and everything. However it seems he's actually in no hurry on the teething front. It doesn't stop him from eating lots of different foods though. He's now eating three meals a day and I'm starting to expand his finger food repertoire. He really likes cheerios, banana chunks, toast, pancakes, little pieces of meat....and he's hit and miss with cheese. The only thing he's had that he really didn't like was scrambled eggs...but I'll try again with eggs another day.

Here are a few pictures of his cute 8 month old self. 

Riding his car

He tries to climb everything